Review-lite
…because…this is a lesfic classic
- First published in the 1990s, this book undoubtedly started off as a Xena fanfic – but has nothing really to do with the serial. It would’ve been an uber fic.
- Like Denial from around the same time and probably with the same Xena-fanfic genesis, this has one MC (Faith) involved with the other MC’s (Sydney) brother
- Like many books of that time, this has the two MCs struggling against their attraction towards each other
- Struggles with owning one’s sexuality – a mid-thirties coming of age story
- Big role of religion and homophobic parents contextualize and capture the period perfectly
- We somehow find that the books written is the 1990s are incredibly emotionally passionate – the angst, the feelings, the struggles, the rampant emotions – all so passionate and immersive
- The angst!
- Great characterisation
- We adore (read that in all caps) Faith Fitzgerald
- Abby Craden. Nothing more to be said there. Except…no one whispers as seductively as she does.
